Bulgarian Pepper and Cheese Casserole

Name: Bulgarian Pepper and Cheese Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups bulgur; 1 1/2 cups boiling water; 2 cups green bell peppers or 2 cups red bell peppers, diced; 3/4 cup mushroom, sliced; 3/4 cup onion, chopped; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 teaspoons tamari (a soy sauce); 2 teaspoons sherry wine or 2 teaspoons other red wine; 1/2 teaspoon marjoram; salt; pepper; 3/4 cup cottage cheese or 3/4 cup ricotta cheese; 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled; 2 eggs, beaten; paprika

Submitted by j-jitterbug

"This is from the Moosewood cookbook, halved and with a slight change. It is so good, I make it almost every week!"

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups bulgur
1 ¹⁄₂ cups boiling water
2 cups green bell peppers or 2 cups red bell peppers, diced
³⁄₄ cup mushroom, sliced
³⁄₄ cup onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons tamari (a soy sauce)
2 teaspoons sherry wine or 2 teaspoons other red wine
¹⁄₂ teaspoon marjoram
salt
pepper
³⁄₄ cup cottage cheese or 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
¹⁄₂ cup feta cheese, crumbled
2 eggs, beaten
paprika

directions

Soak bulghar in boiling water during prep time (~15minutes).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease small casserole dish with 1/2 tablespoons of butter.
On medium heat, saute remaining butter and chopped onions until soft.
Stir in mushrooms and peppers, and heat through (3-6 minutes).
Add tamari, sherry, marjoram and salt and pepper (to taste), then remove from heat.
In a small bowl, mix cheeses and beaten egg together.
Put bulghar evenly in casserole pan.
Cover with pepper mixture, then cheese mixture and dust with paprika.
Bake 40 minutes, uncovered.

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Reviews

I first had this many years ago when I was young and single as a guest at someone’s home and saved the recipe. Later on, I was never sure about feeding it to my picky young kids and husband. I recently came across it and made it for my husband and a teenage son still at home. It was as delicious as I remembered. We all LOVED it!! I never would have thought of combining these ingredients together or guessed from the ingredients list that it would be so good! Very surprising. This is a real comfort food casserole. I am now making it for my father in law recovering from surgery and expect rave reviews.

mtuite
I like this a lot! I've made it as written before, but it also stands up well to ingredient replacements (e.g., rice for bulgur, cheddar for feta). Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Aunt Cookie